Timeline of Chihuahua City
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1707 - Settlement founded by Francisco Munoz.[1]
- 1709 - "San Francisco de Cuellar" community founded by Antonio de Deza y Ulloa.[2]
- 1718 - Settlement named "San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua."[3][4]
- 1717 - Church of Saint Francis of Assisi construction begins.[1]
- 1721 - Royal House built.
- 1731 - Santa Rita Church built.[2]
- 1741 - Church of San Francisco built.[2]
- 1791 - Population: 4,077.[3]
- 1811 - Execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.[1]
- 1821 - Population: 4,441.[3]
- 1826
- Church of Saint Francis of Assisi construction completed.[2]
- Guadalupe Church built.[2]
- 1835 - Literary and Scientific Institute of Chihuahua founded.
- 1847
- February 28: Battle of the Sacramento River occurs near town.
- March: Town taken by United States forces under command of Alexander William Doniphan and Sterling Price.[5]
- 1864 - Town becomes temporary capital of Mexico.[5]
- 1882 - Paso del Norte-Chihuahua City railroad begins operating.[6]
- 1891
- Government Palace of Chihuahua built.
- Catholic Diocese of Chihuahua established.
- 1895 - Population: 18,279.[5]
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 30,405.[5]
- 1902 - El Correo de Chihuahua newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1905 - American Smelting and Refining Company facility built (approximate date).[8]
- 1907 - City Hall of Chihuahua built.
- 1908 - March 1: Banco Minero robbed.[9]
- 1910 - Federal Palace and Quinta Gameros mansion[2] built.
- 1913 - Headquarters of Pancho Villa established in city.[2]
- 1921 - Antonio Guizar y Valencia becomes Catholic bishop of Chihuahua.[10]
- 1926 - Escuela Benito Juárez (school) active.
- 1948 - Chihuahua Institute of Technology established.
- 1949 - Del Real Hotel built.
- 1954 - University of Chihuahua established.
- 1969 - Adalberto Almeida y Merino becomes Catholic archbishop of Chihuahua.
- 1972 - Museo Casa Juárez established.
- 1975 - Legislature building constructed.
- 1981 - Telmex Tower built.
- 1986 - July: Local election.[11]
- 1990 - Catholic Pope John Paul II visits city.
- 1997 - Archivo Histórico del Instituto Chihuahuense de la Cultura established.[12]
- 1998 - Gate to Chihuahua sculpture installed.
21st century
- 2000 - Punto Alto built.
- 2001 - Tribunales Federales building constructed.
- 2002 - Alejandro Cano Ricaud becomes municipal president.
- 2003 - Angel of Liberty monument erected.
- 2004 - Juan Blanco Zaldivar becomes municipal president.
- 2005 - International Festival of Chihuahua begins.
- 2006 - Museo Casa Chihuahua opens.
- 2008 - Nordam Mexico in business.[13]
- 2010
- June: Attack on Faith and Life Center.[14]
- Álvaro Madero Muñoz becomes municipal president, succeeded by Marco Adán Quezada Martínez.[15]
- Population: 809,232; metro 852,533.[16]
- 2011 - Monument Tower built.
- 2012
- Centro Cultural Bicentenario inaugurated.[17]
- Cenit Tower built.
- 2013 - July: Javier Garfio Pacheco elected municipal president.
See also
- History of Chihuahua (city)
- History of Chihuahua (state)
References
- 1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 393, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 187+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- 1 2 3 Cheryl English Martin (2000). Governance and Society in Colonial Mexico: Chihuahua in the Eighteenth Century. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4168-2.
- ↑ Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886), History of the North Mexican States and Texas, 1: 1531-1800, San Francisco, California: History Company
- 1 2 3 4 "Chihuahua", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ Edwina Antonia Clark (2003). "Rails to Chihuahua: A Letter from Edwin Lyon Dean, September 22, 1882". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 107. JSTOR 30239426.
- ↑ "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ Mark Wasserman (1980). "The Social Origins of the 1910 Revolution in Chihuahua". Latin American Research Review. Latin American Studies Association. 15. JSTOR 2503092.
- ↑ Robert Sandels (1971). "Silvestre Terrazas and the Old Regime in Chihuahua". The Americas. Academy of American Franciscan History. 28. JSTOR 980264.
- ↑ "Historia" (in Spanish). Arquidiócesi de Chihuahua. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ Roderic Ai Camp (1996). Crossing Swords: Politics and Religion in Mexico. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-535535-2.
- ↑ "Archivos Históricos en Chihuahua" (in Spanish). Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Nordam celebrates 40 years of flight", Tulsa World, Oklahoma, USA, October 28, 2009 – via LexisNexis Academic, (subscription required (help))
- ↑ "Gunmen Kill 19 at Drug Rehab Center in Northern Mexico". New York Times. June 11, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Mexican mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Inauguran Centro cultural bicentenario Carlos Montemayor". Crónica de Chihuahua (in Spanish). August 12, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Further reading
Published in the 19th century
- Alfred Ronald Conkling (1893), "Chihuahua", Appletons' Guide to Mexico, New York: D. Appleton & Company
- Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Chihuahua", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
Published in the 20th century
- Cristobal Hidalgo (1900), "Important Cities: Chihuahua", Guide to Mexico, San Francisco, California: Whitaker & Ray Co.
- Reau Campbell (1909), "Chihuahua", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
- W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Chihuahua", Anglo-South American Handbook, 1, New York: Macmillan
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Chihuahua", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- Daniel D. Arreola and James R. Curtis (1994), "Ciudad Chihuahua: Its Changing Morphology and Landscape", Yearbook, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 20, JSTOR 25765800
- "Central North Mexico: Chihuahua", Mexico, Lonely Planet, 1998 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- "Northwest Mexico: Chihuahua", Mexico, Let's Go, 1999 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- Spanish-language
- Francisco R. Almada (1984). Guía histórica de la ciudad de Chihuahua [Historical Guide to Chihuahua City] (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua.
- Jorge Carrera Robles (1998). Crónica urbana: la ciudad de Chihuahua al inicio del nuevo milenio [Urban Chronicle: Chihuahua City to the new millennium] (in Spanish). Chihuahua, Chih., Ḿexico: Ayuntamiento Chihuahua.
- John Fisher (1999), "Between the Sierras: Northeast Routes: Chihuahua", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 132+, OL 24935876M
Published in the 21st century
- Thomas M. Fullerton Jr. and Luis Bernardo Torres Ruiz (2004). "Maquiladora Employment Dynamics in Chihuahua City, Mexico". Journal of Developing Areas. 38. JSTOR 20066691.
- Spanish-language
- Carlos Lazcano Sahagún (2002). Chihuahua: historia de una ciudad (in Spanish). Editorial México Desconocido.
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